Human Rights Methodologies in Minority Research

Human rights research has often focused on the voices and lived experiences of minority populations; however, little has been done to connect human rights research with a framework that connects to diverse methodologies. This chapter utilizing the National Economic Social Research Initiatives 6 principles aligns diverse methodologies with each principle. Foundationally, this chapter determines that before commencing research into minority populations, both researchers and the researched must have a deeper comprehension of their rights so both can share in meaning-making a term known as critical consciousness. Through critical consciousness, an individual learns that humanization and dehumanization are conducive to an inequitable world. This chapter concludes with how human rights methodologies strengthen global public health research for minority peoples.